John Perkins' latest book "The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" is now out

[JohnyCanuck]

This is an updated version of Perkins' original book "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," first published in 2004.

New Revelations: Featuring 15 explosive new chapters, this expanded edition of Perkins's classic bestseller brings the story of economic hit men (EHMs) up to date and, chillingly, home to the US. Over 40 percent of the book is new, including chapters identifying today's EHMs and a detailed chronology extensively documenting EHM activity since the first edition was published in 2004.

Former economic hit man John Perkins shares new details about the ways he and others cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Then he reveals how the deadly EHM cancer he helped create has spread far more widely and deeply than ever in the US and everywhere else—to become the dominant system of business, government, and society today. Finally, he gives an insider view of what we each can do to change it.

Economic hit men are the shock troops of what Perkins calls the corporatocracy, a vast network of corporations, banks, colluding governments, and the rich and powerful people tied to them. If the EHMs can't maintain the corrupt status quo through nonviolent coercion, the jackal assassins swoop in. The heart of this book is a completely new section, over 100 pages long, that exposes the fact that all the EHM and jackal tools—false economics, false promises, threats, bribes, extortion, debt, deception, coups, assassinations, unbridled military power—are used around the world today exponentially more than during the era Perkins exposed over a decade ago.

The material in this new section ranges from the Seychelles, Honduras, Ecuador, and Libya to Turkey, Western Europe, Vietnam, China, and, in perhaps the most unexpected and sinister development, the United States, where the new EHMs—bankers, lobbyists, corporate executives, and others—“con governments and the public into submitting to policies that make the rich richer and the poor poorer.”

http://www.amazon.com/New-Confessions-Economic-Hit-Man/dp/1626566747/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1456080628&sr=1-1&keywords=John+Perkins

[arcane1]

1. I started it this morning as was rather overwhelmed at how much I've been anticipating it.

Kick!!

[bbgrunt]

2. his orignal book was truly eye-opening and sickening at the

same time. The same things are now being done to this country.

[pa28]

3. Only a matter of time until they came home to the US to finish the job.

This will be a must read.

[Depaysement]

6. Already happening

Social security, charter schools, Flint and on and on and on.

[7wo7rees]

4. Ordering up now. Fighting over overnite or 2 day delivery.

This is so important. Intend to share far and wide. Thank you for heads up!

[7wo7rees]

5. Again, thank you for alert JohnnyC! nt

[nationalize the fed]

7. k&r

Jun 21, 2007: Interview with John Perkins author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man"

Truth cuts like a knife

[burrowowl]

8. K&R!!!!!!

[Delphinus]

9. Have the first one ...

guess, from what folks are saying upthread, I need this one too.

Thanks!

[Wilms]

10. ^